Baseball America had its first League Review and up first was the Gulf Coast League. The Cardinals’ Luis de la Cruz rated sixth on the list. De la Cruz is an 18-year old catcher out of the DR. Cruz finished with a line of .281/.337/.385 in his first season in the States. Outfielder D’Marcus Ingram and Pitcher Deryk Hooker ranked 16 and 17 on the list respectively. De la Cruz ranked ahead of the top prep catcher in this past year’s draft, Devin Mesoraco, and another first round pick, Kevin Ahrens.

I got an email today from Kary Booher of the Springfield News-Leader. He says he is going to keep posting through the winter and he is going to be doing some Q and A’s about some of the Minor Leaguers. I will keep you updated.